I started this blog in summer 2006 - fourteen and a half years ago! As I head into Year 15, I've decided to take the blog back to its intended purpose - to prevent me from making the same cooking and knitting mistakes again, and hopefully help others along the way. Over the years, I've added more bells and whistles to the blog including additional pictures and more narrative about my projects. Given my desire to take on new projects, I think it's the appropriate time to return to the original blog purpose which still brings me joy.
So you can expect continued content - perhaps even more frequent content - just far more slimmed down. I hope the blog can still be as much as a resource for those who follow it, stumble across it on Google, and of course to the primary audience - me :-)
Today's slimmed-down post is my first recipe from the hit Five Morsels of Love cookbook. The menti pappu was an easy first recipe because it required everyday pantry ingredients in an Andhra kitchen, including the tamarind paste I keep in my freezer. I halved the recipe and what resulted was too spicy for both me and my husband. I think the cooking the halved, dried red chiles in the lentils throughout their cooking process, as opposed to adding them to the dish as a finishing touch, let the chiles disintegrate too much into the dish. I wish the chile didn't overwhelm the pappu, otherwise I would have liked to fully try the fenugreek flavors. On to the next recipe!
Congrats on your almost 15 year anniversary!!! And I am excited to experience the new (or I guess old) format! The menti pappu looks great!!!
Posted by: Cuddles | February 23, 2021 at 10:47
Thank you Cuddles!
Posted by: Madhu | March 05, 2021 at 14:50